Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, England
![[Cathedral of Saint Mary, diocese of Hexham and Newcastle]](http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd03933.jpg "26kb jpg photograph of the Cathedral of Saint Mary, diocese of Hexham and Newcastle; taken March 2006 by James@hopgrove; swiped off the Wikipedia web site")
Founded
- 674 as an abbey by Saint Wilfrid of York
- suppressed during the confiscation of churches by King Henry VIII in the 16th century
- revived on 30 January 1688 by Pope Blessed Innocent XI as the Vicariate Apostolic of Northern District of England
Elevated
- Saint Alcmund
- Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
- Saint John of Beverley
- Saint Tilbert of Hexham
- Saint Wilfrid of York
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